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Phoning a dead man

Cross, Gillian.


"First published 2001 in Great Britain by Oxford University Press as Calling a dead man"--T.p. verso. Pub Weekly, March 2002. Booklist, May 2002. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2002. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2002. Pub Weekly. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2003. BKLST 05/01/2002. SLJ May 2002. PW 03/04/2002. When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancÃ©ee Annie insists on investigating, despite being in a wheelchair, and John's teenage sister Hayley goes along and finds that the Russian Mafia is involved. When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancÄ› Annie insists on investigating, despite being in a wheelchair, and John's teenage sister Hayley goes along and finds that the Russian Mafia is involv.
Date Published:2002

"First published 2001 in Great Britain by Oxford University Press as Calling a dead man"--T.p. verso. Pub Weekly, March 2002. Booklist, May 2002. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2002. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2002. Pub Weekly. Wilson's Junior High School, September 2003. BKLST 05/01/2002. SLJ May 2002. PW 03/04/2002. When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancÃ©ee Annie insists on investigating, despite being in a wheelchair, and John's teenage sister Hayley goes along and finds that the Russian Mafia is involved. When John, a British demolitions expert, is supposedly killed blowing up a building in Siberia, his fiancÄ› Annie insists on investigating, despite being in a wheelchair, and John's teenage sister Hayley goes along and finds that the Russian Mafia is involv.

Date Published:2002

Witches! : the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem /

Schanzer, Rosalyn.


Wherein the stage is set -- A dire diagnosis -- Let the grilling begin -- Witch hunt! -- A torrent of evil -- The king of hell -- Oyer & terminer -- The end is near -- The end is here -- What happened next. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012. School Library Journal starred, December 2011. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2012. Booklist, November 2011. Horn Book, April 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2011. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2011. Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, December 2011. Booklist, November 01, 2011. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2011. An illustrated history of the witch hunts that took place in colonial-era Salem, Massachusetts, featuring primary source accounts, and describing the victims, accused witches, corrupt officials, and impact of the events on society.
Date Published:2011

Wherein the stage is set -- A dire diagnosis -- Let the grilling begin -- Witch hunt! -- A torrent of evil -- The king of hell -- Oyer & terminer -- The end is near -- The end is here -- What happened next. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012. School Library Journal starred, December 2011. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2012. Booklist, November 2011. Horn Book, April 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2011. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2011. Horn Book Guide, School Library Journal, The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, December 2011. Booklist, November 01, 2011. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2011. An illustrated history of the witch hunts that took place in colonial-era Salem, Massachusetts, featuring primary source accounts, and describing the victims, accused witches, corrupt officials, and impact of the events on society.

Date Published:2011

Danger and other unknown risks

North, Ryan, 1980-,


Follows Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, as they embark on a journey to save the world. I'm gonna tell you a story, and I'm gonna ask that you let me finish before you say anything. Here's the deal--on midnight of January 1st, 2000, the world ended. But it wasn't technology that killed it: It was magic. Now, years later, the Earth has transformed. Magic works (sort of). People are happy (sort of). But this new world isn't stable, and unless Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, do something about it, it'll tilt into deadly chaos. Good thing they've been training their whole lives for this and are destined to succeed. Or so they think.
Date Published:2023

Follows Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, as they embark on a journey to save the world. I'm gonna tell you a story, and I'm gonna ask that you let me finish before you say anything. Here's the deal--on midnight of January 1st, 2000, the world ended. But it wasn't technology that killed it: It was magic. Now, years later, the Earth has transformed. Magic works (sort of). People are happy (sort of). But this new world isn't stable, and unless Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, do something about it, it'll tilt into deadly chaos. Good thing they've been training their whole lives for this and are destined to succeed. Or so they think.

Date Published:2023

Shadowshaper

Older, Daniel José.


School Library Journal starred, April 2015. Booklist starred, May 2015. Pub Weekly, April 2015. Kirkus Starred, March 2015. New York Times, July 2015. Teacher Librarian, October 2015. Library Media Connection, December 2015. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Junior Library Guild. Horn Book, April 2016. When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her, Sierra Santiago realizes that something strange is going on--then she discovers her Puerto Rican family are shadowshapers and finds herself in a battle with an evil anthropologist for the lives of her family and friends.
Date Published:2015

School Library Journal starred, April 2015. Booklist starred, May 2015. Pub Weekly, April 2015. Kirkus Starred, March 2015. New York Times, July 2015. Teacher Librarian, October 2015. Library Media Connection, December 2015. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Junior Library Guild. Horn Book, April 2016. When the murals painted on the walls of her Brooklyn neighborhood start to change and fade in front of her, Sierra Santiago realizes that something strange is going on--then she discovers her Puerto Rican family are shadowshapers and finds herself in a battle with an evil anthropologist for the lives of her family and friends.

Date Published:2015

Bubonic panic : when plague invaded America /

Jarrow, Gail,


School Library Journal starred, February 2016. Pub Weekly, May 2016. Kirkus Starred, February 2016. Booklist, March 2016. Horn Book, March 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2016. Library Media Connection, August 2016. Catholic Library World, December 2016. The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), September 2016. Junior Library Guild. Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Connection, School Library Journal, "In March 1900, San Francisco's health department investigated a strange and horrible death in Chinatown. A man had died of bubonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. But how could that be possible? 'Bubonic Panic' tells the true story of America's first plague epidemic--the public health doctors who desperately fought to end it, the political leaders who tried to keep it hidden, and the brave scientists who uncovered the plague's secrets."--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal starred, February 2016. Pub Weekly, May 2016. Kirkus Starred, February 2016. Booklist, March 2016. Horn Book, March 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 2016. Library Media Connection, August 2016. Catholic Library World, December 2016. The Science Teacher (N.S.T.A.), September 2016. Junior Library Guild. Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Connection, School Library Journal, "In March 1900, San Francisco's health department investigated a strange and horrible death in Chinatown. A man had died of bubonic plague, one of the world's deadliest diseases. But how could that be possible? 'Bubonic Panic' tells the true story of America's first plague epidemic--the public health doctors who desperately fought to end it, the political leaders who tried to keep it hidden, and the brave scientists who uncovered the plague's secrets."--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2016

Racial and cultural intolerance

Bell, Samantha.


Includes chronology. Introduction: what is racial and cultural intolerance? -- What is the history of racial and cultural intolerance in the United States? -- How does institutional intolerance affect Americans? -- How does individual intolerance affect Americans? -- Can the problem of racial and cultural intolerance be solved?. "People of different races and national origins experience intolerance throughout the United States, ranging from discrimination to violence. Racial and Cultural Intolerance explores the history behind these problems, the effects of these issues on society, and ongoing efforts toward preventing racial and cultural intolerance"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2020

Includes chronology. Introduction: what is racial and cultural intolerance? -- What is the history of racial and cultural intolerance in the United States? -- How does institutional intolerance affect Americans? -- How does individual intolerance affect Americans? -- Can the problem of racial and cultural intolerance be solved?. "People of different races and national origins experience intolerance throughout the United States, ranging from discrimination to violence. Racial and Cultural Intolerance explores the history behind these problems, the effects of these issues on society, and ongoing efforts toward preventing racial and cultural intolerance"--Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2020

Kiss the girls and make them cry : a novel /

Clark, Mary Higgins.


Kirkus Review, December 2019. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2019. When talented journalist Penelope "Casey" Harrison starts to research a piece about the #MeToo movement that includes an incident in her own life that she has been trying to put out of her mind for years, she does not realize the young man who drugged and assaulted her at a fraternity house party in college is now a wealthy, powerful industrialist on the eve of a merger that will make him a billionaire - and who will do anything, even murder, to cover his tracks.
Date Published:2019

Kirkus Review, December 2019. Publishers Weekly Annex, November 2019. When talented journalist Penelope "Casey" Harrison starts to research a piece about the #MeToo movement that includes an incident in her own life that she has been trying to put out of her mind for years, she does not realize the young man who drugged and assaulted her at a fraternity house party in college is now a wealthy, powerful industrialist on the eve of a merger that will make him a billionaire - and who will do anything, even murder, to cover his tracks.

Date Published:2019

The edge of anything

Carpenter, Nora Shalaway.


Len is a loner teen photographer haunted by a past that's stagnated her work and left her terrified she's losing her mind. Sage is a high school volleyball star desperate to find a way around her sudden medical disqualification. Both girls need college scholarships. After a chance encounter, the two develop an unlikely friendship that enables them to begin facing their inner demons.
Date Published:2020

Hombre Perro se desata

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


Translation of: Dog Man unleashed. Comic book following the adventures of Dog Man, a half-dog half-human police officer who works hard to keep his city safe.
Date Published:2018

Black clover.

Tabata, YÅ«ki.


Translation of: Burakku kuroba. "This book reads from right to left"--Back cover. "Parental Advisory: Black Clover is rated T for Teen and is recommended for ages 13 and up. This v. contains realistic and fantasy violence"--Page facing t.p. "As Magna and Vanessa struggle against Luck, Asta arrives to help out just in the nick of time. Can the three of them return their friend to his old self? Meanwhile, the Black Bulls base is completely destroyed! Good thing they have a member who excels at putting things back together"--Back cover.
Date Published:2019

Translation of: Burakku kuroba. "This book reads from right to left"--Back cover. "Parental Advisory: Black Clover is rated T for Teen and is recommended for ages 13 and up. This v. contains realistic and fantasy violence"--Page facing t.p. "As Magna and Vanessa struggle against Luck, Asta arrives to help out just in the nick of time. Can the three of them return their friend to his old self? Meanwhile, the Black Bulls base is completely destroyed! Good thing they have a member who excels at putting things back together"--Back cover.

Date Published:2019

One-punch man, volume 08

ONE, 1986-,


Class-S hero King is known as the strongest man on earth, even monsters fear him. But when a mysterious organization sends an assassin after him, the shocking truth about King is revealed. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2016

The legend of Zelda

Himekawa, Akira.


Translated from the Japanese. First published: Japan: Shogakukan, c2005, as Zelda no Densetsu - Yottsu no tsurugi plus-ge. "VIZKids"--Cover. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. The green, red and blue Links reach Death Mountain, where they challenge Shadow Link and Violet Link in battle.
Date Published:2009

Blue exorcist

KatÅ, Kazue, 1980.


Translated from the Japanese. Translation of: Ao no ekusoshisuto. "First published in Japan in 2009 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover page [4]. "Parental advisory: Blue exorcist is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and upage It contains violence, suggestive situations and some adult themes"--Colophon. When other students go home for the summer, Rin and his classmates go to a training camp where they must locate and recover objectives, but the tasks will require trust and teamwork, something Rin is short on, especially when he suspects Mephisto is up to something.
Date Published:2011

Translated from the Japanese. Translation of: Ao no ekusoshisuto. "First published in Japan in 2009 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover page [4]. "Parental advisory: Blue exorcist is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and upage It contains violence, suggestive situations and some adult themes"--Colophon. When other students go home for the summer, Rin and his classmates go to a training camp where they must locate and recover objectives, but the tasks will require trust and teamwork, something Rin is short on, especially when he suspects Mephisto is up to something.

Date Published:2011

Codebreaker a novel /

Martel, Jay, (Joint pseudonym),


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Seventeen-year-old Mia Hayes' world shatters when her mother is killed and her father disappears, leaving behind a coded message that sends her and a rebellious hacker on a high-stakes race through D.C. to uncover government secrets and stop a devastating attack.
Date Published:2025

Let's go swimming on doomsday

Anderson, Natalie C.,


Junior Library Guild. Forced to become a child soldier, sixteen-year-old Somali refugee Abdi must confront his painful past.
Date Published:2019

One-punch man, volume 07

ONE, 1986-,


When aliens invade Earth, a group of Class-S heroes finally finds a way to fight back and go on the offensive. Inside the enemy mother ship, Saitama fights Boros, faced with the alien's frightful power, he decides to get serious! What is the Earth's fate?! In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2016

Grace needs space!

Wilgus, Benjamin A.,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Grace's excitement to accompany her "fun" mom on delivery to Titan quickly turns to frustration when her mom is too preoccupied with her mission to spend time with Grace, yet when their ship stops working on their return home it is up to Grace to save the day.
Date Published:2023

Seafire

Parker, Natalie C.,


Junior Library Guild. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Follows Caledonia Styx, captain of her own ship, the Mors Navis, and its all-female crew as they strive to defeat the powerful fleet of Aric Athair, the vicious warlord who has taken their homes and families.
Date Published:2018

Hawking

Ottaviani, Jim,


Junior Library Guild. "From his early days at Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that limited his ability to move and speak, though it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades after being told he had only a few years to live. Through his 1988 bestseller, A Brief History of Time, and his appearances on shows like Star Trek and The Big Bang Theory, Hawking became a household name and a pop-culture icon"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2019

Junior Library Guild. "From his early days at Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good humor were obvious to everyone he met. At twenty-one he was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that limited his ability to move and speak, though it did nothing to limit his mind. He went on to do groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics for decades after being told he had only a few years to live. Through his 1988 bestseller, A Brief History of Time, and his appearances on shows like Star Trek and The Big Bang Theory, Hawking became a household name and a pop-culture icon"--Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2019

False start

Hoblin, Paul.


School Library Journal, February 2018. "Told in two voices, seniors Jeff and Scott compete on the high school football field but remain friendly until a scholarship and a girl come between them"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2017